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        <titleproper encodinganalog="title">Records of Parsonstown Model School</titleproper>
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          <addressline>Offaly Archives<lb/>Unit 1F Axis Business Park<lb/>Clara Road</addressline>
          <addressline>Tullamore</addressline>
          <addressline>County Offaly</addressline>
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          <addressline>Email: archivist@offalyhistory.com</addressline>
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        <extent>47 volumes</extent>
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        <corpname>Offaly County Library</corpname>
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          <addressline>Offaly Archives<lb/>Unit 1F Axis Business Park<lb/>Clara Road</addressline>
          <addressline>Tullamore</addressline>
          <addressline>County Offaly</addressline>
          <addressline>Ireland</addressline>
          <addressline>Email: archivist@offalyhistory.com</addressline>
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      <p>Registers, roll books, daily report books and cash books from the junior and senior pupils at Parsonstown Model School.</p>
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      <p>Transferred by the National Archives of Ireland to Offaly County Library in 2021.</p>
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      <p>Please see the pdf 'Access Policy' and the accompanying application  form, which is available by clicking on the pdf icon at the top of this page.</p>
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      <p>Reproduction of records under 100 years is generally not permitted due to the quantity of third-party data in a school register.</p>
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          <p>Details to daily attendance of pupil, by name. Also includes their date of birth, date they entered the school, numbers of pupils in the class and number of pupils in the school.</p>
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          <p>divided into<lb/>Junior Boys (1860-1892)<lb/>Senior Boys (1860-1863, 1904-1917)<lb/>Girls (1867-1871, 1907-1912)<lb/>Mixed Juniors (1902-1907, 1922-1985)<lb/>Mixes Seniors (1911-1963)</p>
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          <p>Pupil's daily attendance in tabular form for each class. Also notes discrepancy between number of pupils on the school roll and the actual attendance. There are no details of pupils' names.</p>
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          <p>divided into<lb/>Senior boys (1868-1873, 1897-1912)<lb/>Junior Boys (1903 - 1919)<lb/>Mixed (Boys and Girls) (1913-1985)</p>
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